Nigeria: Officials Say Attacks Were Revenge on Vigilantes

By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

August 27, 2013

Two attacks that killed 24 people in the northeast are believed to have been carried out by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in revenge against vigilantes, residents and officials said Tuesday. A survivor and a hospital official said 18 people were killed in Bama, in Borno State, on Sunday. A resident and a military official said six people were killed in Damasak, Borno, on Monday. The military has encouraged the formation of vigilante groups to help it track down Boko Haram members as it tries to end the group’s four-year insurgency.